Dossier
IUU fishing
Coverage of IUU fishing in the Nexus archive.
- Ghana: Addressing IUU Fishing and Building Sustainable Community Fisheries
Ghana is addressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing while working to build sustainable community fisheries. The article emphasizes that empowering ocean-dependent communities is critical to protecting marine ecosystems.
- 15 countries in Kenya adopt the Mombasa declaration to fight illegal fishing
Fifteen countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Pacific adopted the Mombasa Declaration at the Our Ocean Conference in Kenya to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing by improving transparency in fishing vessel data, ownership, and licensing. The agreement aims to protect marine ecosystems and livelihoods, with support from conservation groups and international cooperation.